Indicating fuse block

Claims

2. The fuse assembly of claim 1, wherein at least some of the illuminators comprise light emitting diodes.

3. The fuse assembly of claim 2, wherein the means for limiting comprises a resistor element series-connected with each illuminator.

4. The fuse assembly of claim 3, wherein the illuminators and the series resistor elements are supported within the housing.

5. The fuse assembly of claim 2, wherein at least some the illuminators comprise bipolar pairs of light emitting diodes for activation of the respective illuminators without regard to polarity of the circuit.

6. The fuse assembly of claim 1, wherein the means for limiting current comprises a single resistance element in series with a common connection to a plurality of the illuminators.

7. The fuse assembly of claim 1, wherein the detector driver circuit is operative for activating a current source to the external circuit for driving a current load thereof.

9. The fuse assembly of claim 8, wherein at least some of the illuminators comprise light emitting diodes.

10. The fuse assembly of claim 9, wherein the means for limiting comprises a resistor element series-connected with each illuminator.

11. The fuse assembly of claim 10, wherein the illuminators and the series resistor elements are supported within the housing.

12. The fuse assembly of claim 9, wherein at least some the illuminators comprise bipolar pairs of light emitting diodes for activation of the respective illuminators without regard to polarity of the circuit.

13. The fuse assembly of claim 8, wherein the means for limiting current comprises a single resistance element in series with a common connection to a plurality of the illuminators.

15. The fuse assembly of claim 8, further comprising a detector driver circuit for sensing activation of any of the illuminators, the detector driver circuit being adapted for signaling an external circuit in response to operation of the comparator circuit..Iaddend.